# Top 50 Wine And Spirits Angel Investors in June 2026 ## Hayden Zou - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage Hayden Zou ## James Robertson - Type: Angel - Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage James Robertson ## Fabrice Grinda - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com. ## Alexander Chesterman - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services Alex Chesterman is the Co-Founder of Houseful. Alex Chesterman attended the University College London. ## Matt Caspari - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology Managing Partner at Strawberry Creek Ventures, an Alumni Ventures fund. AngelList syndicate lead. 2x venture-backed founder/CEO. Former Innovation @ Nike ## Nitin Kaushal - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, AgTech, Farming Nitin Kaushal co-founded Country Delight in 2015. Prior to that, he was the Vice President of Corporate Banking at Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. ## Magdalena Kala - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Gaming, Retail, Blockchain Ms. Kala joined Bain Capital Private Equity in 2013. She is a Vice President in the Consumer, Retail and Dining Vertical and is a member of the North American Private Equity team. Ms. Kala has also worked extensively in Bain Capital Private Equity’s Industrial Vertical. Ms. Kala received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business whereshe was an Arjay Miller Scholar. She graduated cum laude with an AB in Economics from Harvard University. ## Parker Thompson - Type: Angel - Location: Alameda, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Restaurants Parker Thompson - General Partner & Founder @ Tnt Ventures ## Arianna Simpson - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech Arianna Simpson is the General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz ## Peter Hunn - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS Peter Hunn is Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Clause, Inc. The Accord Project (now a Linux Foundation project) from Clause, Inc. is the leading organization for the development of techno-legal standards for smart legal contracts and distributed ledger applications in the legal industry. Peter is also an angel investor in earlystage startups. ## Arielle Zuckerberg - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Arielle Zuckerberg the youngest sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is joining Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in October 2015, in a bid by the firm to inject youth and diversity into its line-up of partners. (TechCrunch) ## Robin Knox - Type: Angel - Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Digital Media Robin Knox is the Founder and CEO at Boundary. ## Gary Vaynerchuk - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Mobile, Internet Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman of VaynerX. He previously worked at Resy as a Co-Founder. Gary Vaynerchuk attended Mount Ida College. ## Joanne Wilson - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Retail Joanne Wilson is based out of New York, New York and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gotham. Joanne Wilson attended Simmons College. ## Kevin Weil - Type: Angel - Location: Portola Valley, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, SaaS Kevin Weil is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Vice President, OpenAI for Science of OpenAI. Kevin Weil attended the Harvard University. ## Jeffrey Olyniec - Type: Angel - Location: Roseville, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Battery, Software, Analytics Jeffrey W. Olyniec is the Board of director of Peek. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration- Marketing from Mississippi State University. Jeff previously worked at International Display Works (which was later acquired by Flextronics and is now the current NVD) in senior management roles including sales and supply chain. He thenmoved on to Solar Power Inc, a worldwide leader in the design and construction of solar power generating facilities, overseeing all of the company’s operations in Asia as the EVP of the company.Jeff has lived and worked in China since 1996 and speaks fluent Chinese. ## Niv Dror - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Internet, Wellness Niv Dror is a Managing Partner at Shrug Capital. ## Balaji Srinivasan - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Balaji S. Srinivasan is the Co-Founder and Board Member of Coin Center. He was the CTO of Coinbase and cofounder of Counsyl, Earn, Teleport, and Coin Center. Dr. Srinivasan holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. He also teaches the occasional class at Stanford, including anonline MOOC. ## Simon Szewach - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage Simon Szewach - Managing Partner @ The Legats Group ## Christen O'Brien - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Logistics, Accounting Christen O'Brien ## Bedy Yang - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, SaaS Bedy Yang is a Managing Partner at 500 Global, a Fellow at Kauffman Fellows, and a Lecturer at VC Unlocked at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley. She is also the Founder of +INNOVATORS. Prior to that, he was a Management consultant at Integration Consulting. He attended FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas and the University ofPennsylvania. ## Rahul Vohra - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Financial Services Rahul Vohra is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Founder & CEO of Superhuman. ## David J. Adelman - Type: Angel - Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Sports, E-Commerce As the CEO of Campus Apartments, David Adelman leverages more than three decades of experience in real estate investing and development to oversee a portfolio of student housing properties at 80 schools in 23 states. He was mentored from an early age by the founder of Campus Apartments and has played a major role in the company’s growth sincetaking over as CEO. Specifically, David Adelman fostered a relationship with sovereign wealth fund GIC Real Estate of Singapore to invest in the company in 2006. Mr. Adelman is also the founder of Darco Capital and co-founder and vice chair of FS Investments. Through Darco, he has invested in dozens of venture capital and private equity businesses, including digital healthcare company Virta, tequila brand Lobos 1707, Fleetzero electric ships, Prolific Machines cultured meat, Crystal Palace football club, and athletic apparel maker Fanatics. FS Investments is a prominent manager of alternative investment funds with more than $38 billion in assets under management. A basketball fan, David Adelman leveraged his success in real estate and business investing in October 2022 to purchase a $250 million equity stake in Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment, the firm that owns the Philadelphia 76ers NBA franchise. Mr. Adelman is also the chairman of 76 Devcorp, through which he is leading efforts to build a new sports and entertainment venue for the team and revitalize the Fashion District mall at Tenth and Market Streets in Center City. David Adelman is a former Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the real estate category for Greater Philadelphia. He currently belongs to the Young Presidents' Organization and Real Estate Roundtable and serves on the University City District Board of Directors and Penn Medicine Board of Trustees. In addition, he is a past chairman of the Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation. He holds a bachelor of arts in political science from Ohio State University. Away from work, he enjoys spending his free time with his wife and daughters. ## Will Greenwood - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Winery, Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage Will Greenwood ## Markus Frind - Type: Angel - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Retail, FinTech, Financial Services Markus Frind ## Vineeta Singh - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Food Processing Vineeta Singh is the Co-founder and CEO of SUGAR Cosmetics. She previously worked at Quetzal Verify Private Limited as Director. Vineeta attended the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, where she took a Master of Business Administration (MBA). She also attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, where she took a B.Tech in ElectricalEngineering. ## Casey Neistat - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Apps, Audio Casey Neistat is a Youtube sensation with 9.5 million subscribers and over 2 billion views. Neistat is also the co-founder of Beme, a video-editing social app. ## Dave McClure - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software Dave McClure is the founder of Practical Venture Capital and has been an investor and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley for over twenty-five years. Previously he was the founding partner of 500 Startups, a global VC firm and startup accelerator with over $500M in assets under management. Dave has invested in hundreds of companies around the world,including more than 15 unicorns and 5 IPOs. He was named by Forbes as one of the top VCs in the world in 2016 and 2017 (Forbes Midas List). Before 500 Startups, Dave worked at Founders Fund and PayPal, and he graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 1988 with a BS in engineering and applied mathematics. ## Lucas Driggers - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage Lucas Driggers ## Charles Hudson - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Charles Hudson is the Managing Partner of Precursor Ventures and a Lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Prior to that, he was a Venture Partner at Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC). He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Stanford University. ## Christine Tsai - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Mobile Christine is the CEO and Founding Partner of 500 Global (formerly 500 Startups). Before founding 500 Global, she held product marketing and operating roles at Google. Christine holds a B.A. in Cognitive Science from the University of California at Berkeley. ## Jen Rubio - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage Jen Rubio is the Co-Founder and CEO at Away. ## Justin Waldron - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Justin Waldron is Co-Founder & President of Playco, and previously Co-Founder / EVP of Product of Zynga, the world's largest mobile game company. Zynga IPO'd in 2011 with a $10 billion valuation and over $1b in annual revenue. Justin is an angel investor in Lambda School, Substack, and 60+ other companies. He mentors youngentrepreneurs at The Thiel Foundation's Thiel Fellowship program. ## Zach Segal - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Financial Services Zach Segal is the Head of Listings at Coinbase. Previously, he was a Product Manager at Earn, LendUp, and SendHub. Segal holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Florida State University College of Business. He lives in San Francisco, California, United States. ## Ligaya Tichy - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage, Apps, News Ligaya launches new markets for consumer technology companies. She kickstarted Airbnb's international development as Global Head of Offline Marketing & Community during their most rapid growth phase. Prior to that, she was a Marketing Manager for Yelp, helping the company expand their footprint across the US. Ligaya now angel invests andadvises startups and serves as a mentor for 500 Startups. She is also a regular speaker at SXSW, various TEDx, and CMX Summit. Ligaya was also selected as a 2014 TechWomen by the US Department of State. ## Pankaj Jain - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Analytics, SaaS, Mobile Pankaj Jain is the Managing Partner at Saka Ventures. Previously, he was a Partner at 500 Startups, a California based seed fund and accelerator program. Pankaj focuses on investing in early stage startups across New York City, India, South Asia and has led investments in over fifty companies at 500 Startups across 6 countries.Pankaj spent over12 years in the Financial industry at firms such as JP Morgan, Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and GlobeOp Financial Services in various operational roles including enterprise mortgage risk management, application development, market data infrastructure, trade management, pricing infrastructure and customer service areas.In 2007, Pankaj’s adventures in India began, where he started a company building an on-demand, employment marketplace for the under-served. In 2008, Pankaj became a co-founder of the HeadStart Network Foundation and the led the efforts in Delhi. In late 2010, he began setting up Startup Weekend in India. ## Jason Calacanis - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University. ## Matthew Kaness - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage Matthew Kaness ## Chakradhar Gade - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: AgTech, Fashion, Apps Chakradhar Gade co-founded Country Delight in 2015. He attended the Indian Institute of Management in Indore. ## Austin Rosen - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Austin Rosen is the founder and CEO of Electric Feel Entertainment and Ventures. ## Russel Simmons - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, News, Mobile Russ co-founded Yelp Inc. in July 2004 with former colleague and friend Jeremy Stoppelman.Prior to Yelp, Russ was one of the early employees and the lead software architect at PayPal. He led a team of top engineers on critical projects related to security, scalability, stability, and internationalization as the company scaled rapidly. Followinghis time at PayPal, Russ joined Max Levchin's (co-founder of PayPal) incubator, where he teamed up with Jeremy.Russ holds a B.S. in computer science from the University of Illinois. ## William Zeqiri - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Wine And Spirits William Zeqiri Passionate technology entrepreneur, product creator and angel investor. ## Lanny Lipson - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing Lanny Lipson ## Josh Hart - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Gaming, Retail Josh Hart is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association. ## Jonathan Keidan - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care Jonathan is the Founder of Torch Capital. A long time entrepreneur and investor, he has spent his career at the intersection of the media, technology and entertainment industries. He is the Co-Founder of digital media company InsideHook and has spent a decade as an active early stage investor and advisor to a number of New York and LA's topstart-ups. ## Philip Sane - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing Philip Sane ## Stephen Fitzpatrick - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Craft Beer, Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage Stephen Fitzpatrick is founder and CEO of Vertical Aerospace and OVO Energy. Recognising the potential of EVTOLs to transform air travel, Fitzpatrick resolved to bring together the best technologies from aviation, energy and automobile industries. Today, the company is closing in on its mission of decarbonising flight.A serial entrepreneur,Stephen Fitzpatrick believes in the power of human ingenuity, directing his attention to forming businesses that solve the world’s biggest problems.In 2009 he founded OVO Energy, overseeing its growth to the biggest independent provider of power in the UK, offering customers energy that is cheaper, cleaner and simpler than rivals.Stephen Fitzpatrick’s expansive experience, as founder of an energy company and former owner of F1 team, Manor Racing, led to his setting up Vertical Aerospace. In 2021 the company announced conditional pre-orders for 1,350 aircraft from American Airlines, Avolon, Virgin Atlantic, Marubeni Corp, Iberojet and Bristow Group for an estimated $5.4bn. In December of that year, Vertical Aerospace listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Today the company is poised to launch the most advanced aircraft of its type ever designed, the VX4, with test flights expected to run in 2022. ## Prashant Pansare - Type: Angel - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Video, Mobile Entrepreneur, 3x Founder Bootstrapping, Business Strategy, Growth and Customer Success runs in my veins. ## Paul Walton - Type: Angel - Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Social Network Paul Walton is the Founder and CTO of Boundary. ## Sunil Verma - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Direct Sales, Wine And Spirits Mr. Verma is a Co-Founder, Managing Director, and Partner of Unanimous Capital. He was the co-founder of Mobclix and heads the daily operations for the company. Mr. Verma was recently a Partner in Venus Capital's Private Equity Group, where he focused on investments in Digital Media in the US and India. Prior, he was with Gabriel VenturePartners, a leading growth equity firm, where he assisted with the firm's investments Digital Media, Software and International Investments in India including Persistent Systems, MakeMyTrip.com, and Tejas Networks; additionally, he supported several of Gabriel's Public Indian portfolio companies post-investment including Allsec (BSE: ALLSEC), InvestSmart (BSE: INVSTSMART), and Provogue (BSE: PROVOGUE). Prior to Gabriel, Mr. Verma was with Catapult Advisors, a boutique investment bank that focused Digital Media, Mobile and Software M&A. Prior, Mr. Verma worked with Tavant Technologies, where he managed a team of product engineers for online lead generation in the finance vertical.

Mr. Verma has been a contributor to case studies regarding Indian investing for Harvard Business School and Stanford's Graduate School of Business. He has authored numerous articles on the private capital markets in India. Mr. Verma is an active member of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) and has chaired several panels at its annual conference. Mr. Verma previously served as an Executive Member for NextGen Partners, where he co-developed an series of educational and social events for junior investment professionals. 

Mr. Verma graduated with Honors from Santa Clara University with both an M.S. and B.S. in Computer Engineering.